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Govt moves to amend PPAs, slash tariffs of 9 plants

The interim government has initiated steps to amend power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and lower tariff rates for nine power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) without securing official approval for their tariffs, according to sources.Before revising the PPAs, it will negotiate the tariff rates...

Prepare list of victims killed under AL regime: CA

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has ordered the authorities concerned to compile a comprehensive list of individuals killed in political violence carried out by the Awami League (AL), its student wing Chhatra League, and in state force-led operations under government orders over the past 15 years."A list will be prepared...

India unlawfully, forcibly deporting Muslims into BD

Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bengali Muslims -- many of those Indian citizens -- to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as a "discriminatory" and "unlawful" crackdown on Muslim communities.HRW urged the Indian government to halt all unlawful expulsions,...

ICCB president mourns Uttara jet crash victims

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh has expressed profound shock at the tragic deaths of students and others in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara early this week.Apart from the students, the school's Coordinator Mahreen Chowdhury, and the pilot, Flight Lieutenant...

Contentious party-symbol provision in local-govt elections scrapped

Election to local-government bodies reverts to nonpartisan system as the interim government scraps the party-symbol provision widely disliked for "politicisation" of local governance."The Council of Advisers of the interim government Thursday approved amendments to four laws related to local governance so that party symbols are no longer used in local-government...

Picking up and dropping off passengers randomly by bus drivers is an everyday phenomenon in the sprawling

Picking up and dropping off passengers randomly by bus drivers is an everyday phenomenon in the sprawling capital city and such malpractice contributes significantly to traffic congestion. In the photo taken at the entrance of the Mohakhali Flyover on Thursday, a bus is seen taking on passengers in the middle...

Arrested must be allowed to contact kith and kin in 12 hrs

The council of advisers approved a proposal on Thursday to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to stop harassment and enforced disappearances by law enforcers.It was approved at a meeting presided over by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Once enacted, the new provision will require that anyone arrested must...

Biman’s Dhaka flight returns to Ctg safely

Chattogram, July 24 (UNB): A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 148) arriving from Dubai was forced to return to Shah Amanat International Airport shortly after departing for Dhaka due to a technical fault Thursday morning, said a Biman official.The flight, carrying 287 passengers, initially landed safely in Chattogram at 7:15...

Govt debt surges to Tk 20t

The country's total debt consisting of domestic and external surged by approximately 18 per cent to nearly Tk 20 trillion over the past one year ending in March 2025, according to a report of the Finance Division.The total domestic debt as of March 2025 stood at Tk 11.58 trillion while...